Example sentences of "be get [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I said to her what the hell would anybody be getting involved in all that damp nonsense for ? |
| 32 | This is an incredible area to be getting involved in . |
| 33 | ‘ And besides , ’ she added briskly , ‘ this would be a bad time for me to be getting involved with anything serious . |
| 34 | She says the branch will be getting involved in potentially controversial planning applications . |
| 35 | Candidate Peter Bergg said his party would not be getting involved in the negative campaigning used by Labour and Conservatives . |
| 36 | I have at this point tried to bring in some preliminary notions of stress and prominence without giving a full explanation ; by this stage in the course it is important to be getting familiar with the difference between stressed and unstressed syllables , and the nature of ‘ schwa ’ , but the subject of stress is such a large one that I have felt it best to leave its main treatment until later . |
| 37 | Labour 's prospective parliamentary candidate Alan Milburn , who campaigned against the plan , added : ‘ I am absolutely delighted to hear Darlington wo n't be getting US-style private medical care . ’ |
| 38 | Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal . |
| 39 | Data General Corp will be getting 88000-based desktop workstations OEM from Omron Corporation starting sometime this spring after it signs a contract . |
| 40 | She straightened her shoulders , perhaps she had done enough for today , mam would be getting restless wanting a bit of attention after her long day spent mostly alone . |
| 41 | ‘ Not really , I just thought she might be getting restless and I 've had an idea . |
| 42 | Sun will be getting parallelising technology from KAI that will decompose code and run it on multiple processors . |
| 43 | I had so far managed to avoid being kissed by the old bat , but I had the strong feeling that , by the end of the day , she and I were going to be getting physical . |
| 44 | The tensions of wartime could easily turn anger against refugees who were thought to be getting privileged treatment . |
| 45 | It would be getting light as I arrived . |
| 46 | You wo n't be getting up-to-date |
| 47 | Yet Congress seems to be getting little thanks for this from the voters . |
| 48 | ‘ Robert will be getting lonely , ’ said Lili . |
| 49 | As far as omens go , when a man of the cloth has to sign on , things must be getting bad . |
| 50 | Then I remembered they would be getting ready for the Roman banquet later on in the evening . |
| 51 | ‘ Had n't you better be getting ready ? ’ |
| 52 | At this moment he will be getting ready to take Ana out for a meal and the theatre , then he will be escorting her back to her hotel — and Maria . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ Should n't you be getting ready to leave for Thailand ? ’ her father asked her anxiously , glancing at his watch . |
| 54 | It 's 7.00 a.m. on a cold dark morning in Stroud , but 19 year old Jason Scrivens is more than happy to be getting ready for work . |
| 55 | We are already two-thirds of the way through our stay in Peking , and by the time this letter reaches you we may well be getting ready to leave for Sian . |
| 56 | She must be getting ready to go . |
| 57 | Why should n't he just be getting old ? |
| 58 | Louis joked that he must be getting old ‘ when ladies declare war against me ’ , but it proved an ill judged jest . |
| 59 | In the paddock , he said , ‘ I must be getting old . ’ |
| 60 | You must be getting old . |